Tape Inputs; Tape Outputs; Headphone Output - Mackie Onyx 820i Owner's Manual

15. TAPE INPUTS

These stereo unbalanced RCA inputs allow you to play
a tape, CD player, iPod ®
The tape in jacks accept an unbalanced signal using
standard hi-fi hookup cables.
Push in the tape button [39] to route the tape input
to the control room and phones outputs [6, 17]. This
allows you to play back recordings of your mixes.
Push in the assign to main mix button [40] to route the
tape input to the main outs [4, 14]. This allows you to play
back music between sets over the main PA speakers.
Pushing tape in the source matrix and
pushing assign to main mix can create a
feedback path between tape in and tape out.
Make sure your tape deck is not in record, record pause,
or input monitor mode when you engage these switches,
or make sure the control room level control is turned all
the way down fi rst.

16. TAPE OUTPUTS

These stereo unbalanced RCA outputs allow you to
record the main stereo mix onto a tape deck, hard disk
recorder, or automatic CD burner, for example. This
lets you make a recording for posterity/archive/legal
purposes whenever the band gets back together again.
The tape output is the stereo main mix, and it is
affected by the main mix level control [55]. The output
could also be used as an extra set of main outputs for
feeding another zone.

17. HEADPHONE OUTPUT

This 1/4" TRS connector supplies the output to your
stereo headphones. It is the same signal that is routed
to the control room outputs [6], as determined by the
control room/phones source matrix [38, 39]. The
volume is controlled with the phones knob [42], right
next to the control room knob [41].
Whenever a solo switch [37] is engaged, you will
only hear the soloed channel(s) in the headphones.
This gives you the opportunity to audition the channels
before they are added to the main mix. (Solo signals
reaching the headphones are not affected by the
channel level or main level, therefore turn down the
phones level fi rst, as soloed channels may be loud.)
The phones output follows standard conventions:
Tip = Left channel
Ring = Right channel
Sleeve = Common ground
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dock, or other line-level source.
WARNING: The headphone amp is loud, and
can cause permanent hearing damage. Even
intermediate levels may be painfully loud
with some headphones. BE CAREFUL! Always turn the
phones level control [42] all the way down before
connecting headphones or pressing a solo switch, or
doing anything new that may affect the headphone
volume. Then turn it up slowly as you listen carefully.